#Victoria 2 to hoi4 full#
#Victoria 2 to hoi4 series#

It is vital for the UK to maintain a much larger and more advanced navy than its competitors. Venezuela lacks protection from any major power, and has a land border with British Guyana. It becomes one of the largest producers of oil in the world. Venezuela is a good target for expansion. United Kingdom has several smaller colonies in Africa and a large navy, so one can easily colonize all of Congo and Southern Rhodesia and large parts of central Africa

#Victoria 2 to hoi4 full#

They are all worth it though, with these areas full of gold and diamonds. The uncivilized Zulu does unlike Transvaal and Oranje not cost a lot of infamy to annex.

#Victoria 2 to hoi4 series#

There are a series of scripted events that trigger the Boer War, but since they are around 1900, you'll probably get impatient. United Kingdom will slowly annex its Indian vassals with the event The Doctrine of Lapse, which is however stopped once the decision The Empress of India is taken. This allows the UK to intervene should a foreign power attack the minors and allow the UK to slowly remove them from its sphere and annex them. The second problem facing the Indian minors is that they are almost all within the Sphere of the UK at the start. Additionally, the decision The Empress of India is available, once Great Britain annexed the Capital of Panjab. If the UK attacks in force it can overwhelm the native Indian armies.ДЄt the start of the game the only major opposing native power is Panjab, which if the UK attacks quickly and in force while the Panjab has weak tech it can be quickly broken. One is that the Indian nations have far weaker technology than the UK. Thirdly the population of India is so great that they can provide a large base of migrants for other colonies such as South Africa and Canada as unemployed POPs move out of India.ДЄt the start of the game the Indian minors have two major flaws that the UK can exploit. Secondly India can provide the UK with abundant soldiers as the population of India is driven out of their RGOs by improved technology and into the British army, which allows for more industrial workers in the home isles. Firstly the huge amount of cotton and dye that is produced in India enables the UK to build a huge textile industry back in the home isles, and at a low cost because the UK can provide all of the raw materials for itself. The large RGOs and populous provinces of India provide three major benefits for Britain. As the UK anything that keeps European nations focused on Europe and not on gaining foreign colonies makes the UK's game easier.Д¬olonial Policy India, the jewel in the crownДЇor the British Empire the benefits of securing India for the empire are huge. This case is the same with Germany for both Russia and France who will need to keep large land forces near Germany should it form. If Italy is allowed to form in will gain core on Austria and can be used by the UK to provide a land enemy to Austria and give Austria something to worry about on their western border. Especially in a multiplayer game assisting the formation of Italy and Germany by using the UK's influence points to discredit or ban France or Austria from the minors in these regions can benefit the UK. This is half the infamy cost of a colonial concession war that could be used to gain a huge state in Japan, for example.ДЄnother option the UK player can use is to exploit the development of Germany and Italy for the benefit of the UK. The London Treaty for example, will give Greece the small unimportant Ionian Isles in return for four less points of infamy. The UK can make several unique decisions, such as the ' Treaty of London (1864)', which enables the UK to reduce its infamy.

Another way to secure a low Infamy, other than slow expansion or sphere use, is to exploit the UK's unique decisions. By placing influence points into key nations, like Japan, the UK can intervene and aid these nations should another power attack them.Д¬ontrolling other nations in this manner also reserves the ability for the UK to seize them at a later date when it feels secure in doing so. Thus the UK should utilize its Spheres of influence to secure land for future conquests and avoid provoking European intervention. These wars will be provoked if the UK fights too many wars too quickly. The empire is slowed by one major diplomatic concern, that of foreign wars of containment. The UK has an enormous capability to fight military conflicts with both its large starting army and navy.